What does she look like?
Friday, August 4th, 2006I figured I should upload an image are two to the site.
Kangaroo Care w/Zoe
Zoe beginning to recognize mom’s voice
Archive for the 'Zoe's Birth' Category
Back from Radio Dark
Wednesday, August 2nd, 2006I haven’t written since like day 1 of Zoe’s life. This is primarily because 1] I’ve been to freakin’ tired, and 2] somebody told me not to blog when you’re “too emotional”. Well, all the circumstances w/Zoe’s birth have caused my emotions to be all over the map (all within a matter of hours). So, […]
Feeding Update
Monday, July 17th, 2006We’re still here…..working on feeding issues. The occupational therapist came today and whipped together a feeding plan so we could try to get off the feeding tube. We’re also learning how to use the feeding tube, put one in, check its placement, etc so that we can go home before her feeding is perfect. Right […]
Zoe Update
Saturday, July 15th, 2006We’re still working on feeding and weight gain. She’s doing a little bit better with the feeding and she did gain a little weight yesterday. Since I’ve been monitoring her tube feedings more carefully, she hasn’t thrown up at all. I discovered she was sometimes getting a little too much for her stomach and […]
Out of ICU
Friday, July 14th, 2006We got moved out of the ICU onto the cardiac recovery floor on Tuesday. Things are REALLY different down here because the nurses have several patients and you are basically the main caregiver for your child. What that means is that one of us has to be with Zoe at all times.
The plus side […]
More Breathing
Monday, July 10th, 2006Zoe had a big day. She had the c-pac removed last night and is doing okay without it but her breathing seems to fluctuate throughout the day; she’s still on oxygen. She was moved into a crib and then they moved her to a new room (again); we are the nomads of the ICU. The […]
Pictures
Sunday, July 9th, 2006There are more photos of Zoe in the links section of this site, or you can cut and paste the following URL’s into your web browser:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/75669603@N00/sets/72157594193621647/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/75669603@N00/sets/72157594193638271/
Jenny
Breathing
Sunday, July 9th, 2006They’re still messing with her breathing. They’ve put something on her called a c-pac that delivers pressurized air through her nose (a similar setup to getting oxygen through the nose). It has done wonders for her! She is no longer congested and is finally RESTING well. She was so uncomfortable earlier and struggling with her […]
Ventilator Off
Sunday, July 9th, 2006Zoe finally got her breathing tube out this morning. It takes them awhile before they breathe easily (they sound like they have croupe) so she has to be suctioned a lot and we’re encouraging her to cough a lot. She’s also got some swelling in her vocal cords partially due to having the tube and […]
Surgery Update
Saturday, July 8th, 2006As Jen said, Zoe’s surgery went really well. She got out at about 5:30 or so and Dr. Cohen (her surgeon) said she did very well. Her anesthesiologist said she reacted to the anesthesia exactly how they would want her to. We were pretty nervous to go back and see her afterwards because we had […]